| July 4, 1733 |
Trustees grant additional land in Thunderbolt. |
| July 4, 1740 |
With a large force of Spanish regulars to his rear (they had come from Havana), General Oglethorpe decides to withdraw from St. Augustine.
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James Oglethorpe |
| July 4, 1775 |
By unanimous vote the provincial congress selects Archibald Bulloch as president and George Walton as secretary.
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Archibald Bulloch |
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George Walton
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| July 4, 1775 |
102 delegates attend a provincial congress held at Tondee's Tavern
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| July 4, 1776 |
Declaration of Independence is printed on broadsides for distribution to the states and George Washington
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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George Washington |
| July 4, 1800 |
Daniel Webster makes his first public speech during an Independence Day celebration at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire |
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Daniel Webster |
| July 4, 1826 |
Thomas Jefferson dies on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which he wrote. |
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Thomas Jefferson |
| July 4, 1831 |
James Monroe died, New York City, New York |
| July 4, 1852 |
Presbyterian Church on Marietta St. (on the site of the present-day Federal Reserve) in Atlanta is dedicated. |
| July 4, 1868 |
The Georgia Legislature meets in Atlanta for the first time.
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| July 4, 1889 |
Dedication of the new State Capitol in Atlanta
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| July 4, 1908 |
East Lake Country Club, Atlanta, opens. It is owned by the Atlanta Athletic Club and managed by Robert P. Jones (father of Bobby Jones)
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Bobby Jones |
| July 4, 1919 |
Fort Oglethorpe is designated as the headquarters for the Sixth Cavalry |
| July 4, 1934 |
Delta begins air mail service from Charleston to Fort Worth, including Atlanta, Augusta and other stops in Georgia.
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Delta Air Lines
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| July 4, 1934 |
Delta begins air mail service from Atlanta to Charleston, South Carolina
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| July 4, 1943 |
Football player Emerson Boozer born, Augusta, Georgia
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| July 4, 1944 |
Rev. Primus King, enters the courthouse in Columbus, Georgia and attempts to vote in the "white only" Democratic primary. King was black.
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The Road to Integration
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Columbus, Georgia |
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Primus King |
| July 4, 1964 |
Carving resumes on the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
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Stone Mountain |
